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short stories

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Short fiction awards include the Bryan MacMahon and Michael McLaverty short story competitions (Ireland), the Columbia Journal fiction prize (US), the Posara prize (Italy) and prizes in the Bridport, Fish, UPP Short FICTION, KWS Hilary Mantel, WOW! and Sean O Faolain awards.

Stories have been published in numerous places in Ireland, the UK, and the US, and broadcast on RTÉ radio. Most recently, Upstairs was a For Books' Sake Weekend Read in June 2018 andNine-Day Wonder appeared in the anthology, Counterparts, published by The Stinging Fly in November 2018 in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust.